In preparing students for the world outside school, what skills are important to learn? This goes to the heart of the research addressed in the Deeper Learning Report released by the National Research Council of the National Academies of Science in Washington.

Simply defined, “deeper learning” is the “process of learning for transfer,” meaning it allows a student to take what’s learned in one situation and apply it to another, explained James Pellegrino, one of the authors of the report. “You can use knowledge in ways that make it useful in new situations,” he said in a recent webinar. “You have procedural knowledge of how, why, and when to apply it to answer questions and solve problems.”Read more . . .

iPhone or iPad You can grab a picture of the screen on your iOS device by holding the sleep/wake button on the top (actually this has been moved to the side on the iPhone 6), and then quickly pressing the “home” button on the front. If the volume is turned on you will hear a camera shutter noise, and the screen also flashes. The picture is put in your “Pictures” collection.

Canvas Corner

Did you know . . . Canvas Quizzes has an updated design that enhances the details of quiz statistics? Instructors can view an entire quiz summary that shows all score percentages. The quiz summary also shows the quiz average score, high score, low score, standard deviation (how far the values are spread across the entire score range), and average time of quiz completion.
The quiz summary chart is interactive; users can focus on a specific segment of the chart by selecting a range with their cursor, such as viewing the number of students who scored between 0 and 50 percent.

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Attention Turnitin Users! PVCC was notified the Turnitin Services provided to us, by turnitin.com, will be undergoing maintenance on Saturday, March 7th from 8am to 12pm. An announcement will appear for users within Turnitin at least 1 week in advance of when the system will be unavailable for this scheduled maintenance. Instructors are encouraged to modify assignment due dates and times either before or after this time period. Stay current with Turnitin's system status, performance, security, and scheduled maintenance updates via the Turnitin System Status page.

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